A Lost Skill for Christians
By Douglas Groothuis, Professor of Philosophy, Denver Seminary, and the author of Walking Through Twilight: A Wife Illness—A...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 15, 20233 min
Francis Schaeffer (1912-84)
Francis A. Schaeffer was the mentor I never met. He was born on January 30, 1912, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The best biography of this...
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Douglas Groothuis
Oct 5, 20227 min
Public Ministry and the Christian: Eight Principles
Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers (1 Timothy...
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Douglas Groothuis
Jun 23, 20225 min
THE NEED FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Responding to Objections
Many arguments are marshaled against Christian schools and Christian home-schooling. Those, such as myself, who categorically reject...
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Douglas Groothuis
May 10, 202213 min
Excerpts from The Feminist Bogeywoman (Baker, 1995) 
By Rebecca Merrill Groothuis (1954-2018) Q Isn’t evangelical feminism simply the product of an antibiblical, contemporary ideology that...
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Douglas Groothuis
Sep 2, 20212 min
Kindle and the Writer
I long resisted any reading of books in electronic form. Books are superior in many ways—their ability to carry memories, hand-written...
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Douglas Groothuis
Apr 2, 20214 min
Easter Life and the Facts of History
Easter commemorates and celebrates a historical event unlike any other: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But what is the...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 22, 20217 min
Spiritual Dangers of New Age Meditation and Yoga
Harper’s ran an in-depth article on the fate of a young woman who did intensive Easterm meditation at a retreat and contacted mental...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 19, 20217 min
Mike Shreve on Yoga, Christianity, and the New Age Worldview
Mike Shreve was deep into eastern religion and yoga before he converted to Christianity in 1970. He has since written books and done many...
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Douglas Groothuis
Feb 3, 20212 min
It’s All About Sex
The leading secular account of the world in the West denies any normative or sacred order. Freedom is found, not in following a divine...
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Douglas Groothuis
Jan 29, 20211 min
Virtuous Ignorance
Being charged with being an ignoramus is no compliment. However, some ignorance is virtuous. One should cultivate being an ignoramus in a...
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Douglas Groothuis
Jan 1, 20212 min
Groothuis Reading Guide to Political and Cultural Discernment
Deep reading is required for wise thinking and courageous action, even action against the odds. Political authoritarianism cannot work...
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Douglas Groothuis
Aug 6, 20205 min
Spiritual Warfare and the Christian
No matter how dark the times, we should remember and celebrate that Jesus has indeed defeated Satan and the demonic hordes John declares...
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Douglas Groothuis
May 28, 20206 min
Moral Theory for Church Leaders
As pastors and teachers in the church seek to exposit and apply the Bible to their congregations, they need to handle wisely the moral...
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Douglas Groothuis
Apr 16, 20202 min
Hospitality During the Corona Virus Crisis
Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 11, 20204 min
Jesus On Publicity and Public Virtue
We live in the great age of endless self-promotion. Anyone can ego-cast through the Internet by projecting images, talking points,...
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Douglas Groothuis
Dec 5, 20195 min
Fire in My Bones
“Without fire, nothing.” I often say this to my students in the context of motivation for ministry. I have felt this fire for over four...
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Douglas Groothuis
Oct 3, 20191 min
A Prayer for Those Suffering from Unrequited Love
God of all comfort, you know the pain of broken relationships. Many of your own followers left you at the time of greatest need. You...
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Douglas Groothuis
Sep 12, 20199 min
Encounter
Essay written in about 1978 for a college course at the University of Oregon (Eugene). Unedited from that time. It was the disturbing...
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Douglas Groothuis
Aug 1, 20191 min
Testimony
At some point in a life deeply lived, one cannot go back. The tracks are laid and now set in concrete that cannot be broken or laid once...
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